Dale, JamesPaterson, CaronTierney, AnnRalston, Stuart HReid, David MBasu, NeilHarvie, JohnMcKay, Neil DSaunders, SarahWilson, HilaryMunro, RobinRichmond, RuthBaxter, DerekMcMahon, MichaelMcLaren, JohnKumar, VinodSiebert, StefanMcInnes, IainPorter, Duncan2016-12-082016-12-082016-11-09Dale, J, Paterson, C, Tierney, A, Ralston, S H, Reid, D M, Basu, N, Harvie, J, McKay, N D, Saunders, S, Wilson, H, Munro, R, Richmond, R, Baxter, D, McMahon, M, McLaren, J, Kumar, V, Siebert, S, McInnes, I & Porter, D 2016, 'The Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) Study : an inception cohort and biobank', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 17, 461. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1318-y1471-2474PubMedCentral: PMC5103386http://hdl.handle.net/2164/7850Acknowledgements The study was conceived by the Scottish Collaborative Arthritis Research network, and data were collected by clinical research teams across Scotland. We would like to thank all the patients, clinical and nursing colleagues who have contributed their time and support to the study Funding The SERA study was jointly supported by the Chief Scientist’s Office Scotland (ETM-40) and Pfizer Ltd634505engR MedicineRJournal article10.1186/s12891-016-1318-y17